Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Neoevolutionism as the new paradigm of the social sciences -- Introduction -- New scientific revolution -- Standard model of the social sciences -- Neoevolutionary paradigm -- Paradigms in the social sciences -- Interplay beetween paradigms -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Development of evolutionary thought - from social Darwinism to behavioral economics -- Introduction -- History of evolutionism in the social sciences -- Sociobiology -- Evolutionary psychology -- Cultural anthropology and paleoanthropology -- Behavioural economics -- Evolutionary management? -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Management from the perspective of Darwinism -- Introduction -- Neoevolutionism and human behaviour -- Application of neoevolutionism in management -- Examples of the use of neoevolutionary inspirations in management -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The neoevolutionary methodology in the social sciences -- Introduction -- The methodology of the social sciences -- Cognitive stages of the theory of evolution -- New Research Methods in Social Sciences -- Neoevolutionary methods in management -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Management and the primates -- Introduction -- Cooperation between primates -- Social conflicts in primates societies -- Organisational abilities of chimpanzees -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Culture as seen by evolutionists -- Introduction -- Neoevolutionary paradigm of culture? -- The essence of culture as seen from the evolutionary perspective -- Culture from the primatological perspective -- Memetic understanding of culture -- Criticism of the neoevolutionary paradigm of culture -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Organisational culture in the neoevolutionary paradigm -- Introduction -- Darwinian inspirations -- The evolutionary basis of organisational culture -- Functions of organisational culture.

Dimensions of organisational culture's values -- Elements of organisational cultures -- Typologies of organisational cultures -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Neoevolutionary Concept of Power -- Introduction -- Universal sources of power -- Power and culture -- Aggression and violence -- Primates wars -- Sex and power relations -- Justice in society -- Power and ownership -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Leaders as evolutionary legacy -- Introduction -- Heritage of leadership -- Leadership in human groups -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Evolution and strategic thinking -- Introduction -- Planning -- Social and organisational aspects of strategy -- Social evolutionary game -- Feedback between competition and cooperation -- Strategy based on entrepreneurship and leadership -- Summary -- Chapter 11: The common good and public management from the neoevolutionary perspective -- Introduction -- 'The tragedy of the commons' -- Evolutionary heritage -- Reducing the negative effects -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Neoevolutionary marketing -- Introduction -- Darwinism and marketing -- Selling human nature -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Evolutionary limitations to human rationality in human resources management -- Introduction -- The evolutionarily limited rationality of human resources processes -- Human resources from the Darwinist perspective -- Summary -- Conclusions.